Position paper: Including all audiences in the government loop: From transparency to empowerment through open government data

1. Abstract In response to the call for participation, this paper provides examples of what new government data is being used for. In the light of a more global context and the lagging of most nations in the area of OGD, the paper also suggests other possible global uses of OGD, including the leveraging of citizen education through appropriate representation of OGD, and the appropriate representation of data to different audiences. The paper underlines that effective OGD provision does not only mean representation but also appropriate representation to benefit a variety of audiences so as to potentially have an adequate and fair influence on policy and avoid further divide.